Tag: Kubernetes Cheat Sheet

Create resource(s) in a JSON or YAML file

kubectl create -f ./file.yml
kubectl create -f ./file1.yml -f ./file2.yaml

Create resources in all .json, .yml, and .yaml files in dir

kubectl create -f ./dir

Create from a URL

kubectl create -f http://www.fpaste.org/279276/48569091/raw/

Create multiple YAML objects from stdin

cat <<EOF | kubectl create -f -
apiVersion: v1
kind: Pod
metadata:
  name: busybox-sleep
spec:
  containers:
  - name: busybox
    image: busybox
    args:
    - sleep
    - "1000000"
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: Pod
metadata:
  name: busybox-sleep-less
spec:
  containers:
  - name: busybox
    image: busybox
    args:
    - sleep
    - "1000"
EOF

Create a secret with several keys

cat <<EOF | kubectl create -f -
apiVersion: v1
kind: Secret
metadata:
  name: mysecret
type: Opaque
data:
  password: $(echo "s33msi4" | base64)
  username: $(echo "jane" | base64)
EOF

List all namespaces in the cluster

kubectl get namespaces

List all services in the namespace

kubectl get services

List all pods in all namespaces

kubectl get pods --all-namespaces

List all pods in the namespace, with more details

kubectl get pods -o wide

List a particular replication controller

kubectl get rc <rc-name>

List a particular RC

kubectl get replicationcontroller <rc-name>

List a particular node with verbose output

kubectl describe nodes <node-name>

List a particular pod with verbose output

kubectl describe pods <pod-name>
kubectl describe pods/<pod-name> # Equivalent to previous

Lists pods created by using common prefix

kubectl describe pods <rc-name>

List services sorted by name

kubectl get services --sort-by=.metadata.name

List pods sorted by restart count

kubectl get pods --sort-by=.status.containerStatuses[0].restartCount

Get the version label of all pods with label app=cassandra

kubectl get pods --selector=app=cassandra rc -o 'jsonpath={.items[*].metadata.labels.version}'

Get ExternalIPs of all nodes

kubectl get nodes -o jsonpath='{.items[*].status.addresses[?(@.type=="ExternalIP")].address}'

List names of pods that belong to Particular RC

# "jq" command useful for transformations that are too complex for jsonpath
sel=$(./kubectl get rc <rc-name> --output=json | jq -j '.spec.selector | to_entries | .[] | "\(.key)=\(.value),"')
sel=${sel%?} # Remove trailing comma
pods=$(kubectl get pods --selector=$sel --output=jsonpath={.items..metadata.name})`

Check which nodes are ready

kubectl get nodes -o jsonpath='{range .items[*]}{@.metadata.name}:{range @.status.conditions[*]}{@.type}={@.status};{end}{end}'| tr ';' "\n"  | grep "Ready=True"

Add a label

kubectl label pods <pod-name> new-label=awesome

Add an annotation

kubectl annotate pods <pod-name> icon-url=http://goo.gl/XXBTWq

Dump pod logs (stdout)

kubectl logs <pod-name>

Stream pod logs (stdout) until canceled (ctrl-c) or timeout

kubectl logs -f <pod-name>

Run pod as interactive shell

kubectl run -i --tty busybox --image=busybox -- sh

Attach to running container

kubectl attach <podname> -i

Forward port of pod to your local machine

kubectl port-forward <podname> <local-and-remote-port>

Forward port to service

kubectl port-forward <servicename> <port>

Run command in existing pod (1 container case)

kubectl exec <pod-name> -- ls /

Run command in existing pod (multi-container case)

kubectl exec <pod-name> -c <container-name> -- ls /